Sewing machine supporting cabinet with column stand



July 3, 1951 w. A. DAVIDSON SEWING MACHINE SUPPORTING CABINET WITH COLUMN STAND Filed Nov. 21, 1945 w 0 m M y m Patented July 3, 1951 SEWING MACHINE SUPPORTING CABINET WITH COLUMN STAND William A. Davidson, Elizabeth, N. J assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company, Elizabeth, N. .1 a corporation of New Jersey Application November 21, 1945, Serial No. 629,960

This invention relates to sewing machines and more particularly to sewing cabinets,- table or stands for supporting a family typesewing machine.

A primary object of the invention is to provide an improved sewing cabinet or table comprising a useful piece of furniture and adapted for convenient employment as a sewing machine supporting table affordin ample leg-room for the sewing machine operator.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved family type sewing machine cabinet or table in which the various parts are arranged for optimum convenience and utility.

Other important objects of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description and appended claim and a preferred embodiment of the invention i illustrated in the accom panying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a table supporting a family type sewing machine; the extension leaf of the table being shown in open position.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the table shown with the sewing machine removed and the extension leaf closed. The section is taken on a vertical plane passed through the center line of the stand and extending from front to rear.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the table taken along the line 3--3 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view showing a portion of the lower drawer stopped in the position indicated by the dotted line of Figs. 2 and 3.

Referring to the drawing, the invention has been shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, as applied to a sewing machine table comprising a pedestal or base Ill, supported on a plurality of feet II; one of the said feet being located at each of the four corners of the pedestal. As illustrated in the drawing, the top wall of the pedestal I0 is spaced vertically from the feet H, and the front portion of said top wall is cut away to provide a U-shaped recess I2 of substantial depth. The recess l2 divides the pedestal into left and right forwardly extending leg-extremities l3 and I4, respectively, and a rearwardly positioned top-wall section 16. By reason of the spacin of the wallsection l6 above the lower edges of the pedestal side walls l3 and I 4, and the provision of the recess 12 in the wall-section Hi, the pedestal I0 is U-shaped both horizontally and vertically.

The lower end of a hollow column ll rests upon the upper surface of the main supporting section I 6, medianly of the width of the top-wall 1 Claim. (01. 312239) section, and is held thereon partly by fillets l8. The upper end of the said column ll supports a lower cross member l9 (Fig. 2) comprising the bottom wall of a forwardly overhanging hollow table-head 2|. The table-head includes right and left upstanding side boards 22 and 23, respectively, and an upstanding back board 24, the lower ends of which are secured to and sup ported from edges of the said member IS. A table-head top 26 overlies and is secured upon the uppermost edges of the three board members 22, 23 and 24 by a means not illustrated but well known in the art. A folding extension leaf 25 is hinged to the left side of the table-head top 26 in a known manner.

The table-head top 26 is provided with an aperture 21 for receiving the bed-plate of a portable family-type sewing machine 28. Communicating with and extending from the right side- (Fig. 1) of the aperture 21, is a small aperture 29 for accommodating electric extension cords 3| and 32, that respectively supply power to and control a small electric motor 33 associated with the sewing machine 28. The cord 3! extends to a source of electric power (not shown) and the cord 32 is connected to a known type of foot controller 34, that may rest on the floor at a point intermediate the extremities l3 and M. A pair of brackets 36 (only one of which is shown), depending from the top 26, are located to support the sewin machine bed 31 at a proper elevation in the aperture 21. A plurality of clips 38 carried by the brackets 36 engage opposite ends of the base of the portable sewing machine and thereby hold the sewing machine in the aperture 21. Each clip 38 is formed from an L-shaped piece of spring steel, having a horizontally extending arm secured to one of the brackets 36, and having an upstanding or vertical arm which carries a cork friction pad on the face adjacent the sewing machine bed 31. When the sewing machine is in place, the cork friction pads are resiliently pressed against the ends of the sewing machine bed 31, thus holding the sewing machine in proper position within the aperture 21. It will be understood that the sewing machine 28 is removed from the aperture 27 before the leaf 25 is moved from the open position shown in Fig. 1, to the closed position shown in Fig. 2. Since the machine 28 is only held in place by the friction provided by the spring clips 38, removal of the machine from engagement with the clips '38 is accomplished simply by lifting the machine upwardly.

A header 39, secured to the under side of the table-head top 26 and held between the two side boards 22 and 23, reinforces the table-head and provides a stop for a front panel 41 of an upper drawer 42. A cross member 43, spaced below the table-head top 26 a distance equal to the height of the front panel 4|, is secured between the two side boards 22 and 23. The drawer 42 extends from the front of the table-head to within a short distance of the back board 24, and is mounted to slide on cleats secured to the side walls 2223, one of these cleats being shown in Fig. 2.

A lower drawer 44 is mounted to slide in the table-head 2| in a position below the drawer 42 and the cross member 43. should be noted that the bottom of the-cross.mem-- ber 43 is spaced above the lower face of the bottom wall 49 a distance equal to the height of a front panel 45 of the drawer 44. Thus the drawer 44 is positioned to slide between lower portions of the :side boards 22 and :23. .The drawer 44 is approximately three-quarters as long as the upper drawer 42 and substantially shorter than the horizontal length of the side boards 22 and 23.

The .drawer 44 can be stopped in either of two closed positions. One of these, the repressed position, is shown by solid lines in vFigs. 2 land :3 and the other normally closed position is shown by dotted lines in the same figures. As best shown in Fig. 4,-a means has .been provided for stopping the drawer 4 4 in the normally closed position. This includes a recessed plate '46, carried by the lower edge of the rear end board 4? of the drawer 44. .A plunger 48, which is spring biased :up-

wardly, is held by means of a flanged cylinder -49 The.

ina bore 5| provided in the member l9. lower drawer 44 is provided with a .grooved block 52 supported on the bottom board 53 for holding scissors and other implements.

From the above, it will be apparent that many advantages are gained by constructing the sewing machine tablein the manner shown. vIn the first place, the U-shapedrecess 12, in the pedestal 10, provides space for the feet of an operator andlalso provides aconvenient place for the foot controller 34. :In the second place, the forwardly overhanging table-head 2 1 places thesewing machine .28 :in a forward position convenient to the-operator. In the third place, the short drawer 44, that can be repressed to the position shown in In this connection, .it

Figs. 2 and 3, provides ample space for the knees of the operator. These features combine to provide a sewing machine table that has optimum convenience and utility. In normal use of the table as a piece of furniture, the drawer 44 is disposed in its forward position located by the stop-plunger 48,, thereby improving the appearance of the table.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what I claim herein is:

A sewing cabinet adapted for use in supporting a sewing machine having, in combination, a base including a top wall and laterally spaced side walls, said'top wall being spaced a substantial distance'above the lower edges of said side walls and having the front portion thereof cut away to provide aforwardly-open U-shaped clearance re cess, said clearance providing space for the feet of an operator, a supporting column rising from said top wall of said base substantially medially between theside Walls thereof, a box-like sewingcabinet-head supported by the upper end of said column and overhang-ing said forwardly-open U-shaped clearance recess, a substantially fulllength forwardly opening upper drawer .slidably mountedin said cabinet-head, a forwardly opening .lower drawer slidably mounted in said cabi- ,neIt-head, said lower drawer being shorter from front .to rear than said upper drawer and being capable of being pushed farther into said cabinet .head than said upper drawer, thereby providing a knee receiving recess, and a stop-plunger mounted on the cabinet-head and contacting a portion of said lower drawer to releasably hold the lower drawer with its :front face in substantially vertical alignment with the front face of the upper drawer in't'he closed position of the latter.

WILLIAM A. DAVIDSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 358,486 'Seibert Mar. 1, 1 8 37 383,333 Wolz May 2-2, 1888 2,150,397 Owen Mar. 14, 1939 2,206,004 Ford June '25, 1940 

